Solar-powered plane to take cross-country flight

June 24, 2014

Jean Revillard/Associated Press

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In 2015, the Solar Impulse 2 is due to make the first round-the-world solar flight, day and night without any fuel. This revolutionary single-seater aircraft made of carbon fibre has a 236 ft wingspan -- larger than that of the Boeing 747-8I -- and weighs as much as a car (5,000 pounds).

Jean Revillard/Associated Press

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In 2015, the Solar Impulse 2 is due to make the first round-the-world solar flight, day and night without any fuel. This revolutionary single-seater aircraft made of carbon fibre has a 236 ft wingspan -- larger than that of the Boeing 747-8I -- and weighs as much as a car (5,000 pounds).